Daniel Kaluuya Quotes

I'm not sure people even think of me as an actor at all.

I have no idea what the audience makes of me.

Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

There's a gap between people knowing what I do and really believing that I still do that - and wondering what it is I really do.

I really need to work. People think that I'm no longer interested in acting and only interested in working with the animals. Obviously I have given that impression, but it is not how I feel. I think I'm a good actor. I think I look OK. I don't understand why I'm not working all the time.

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.

Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything.

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.

As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation.

I feel like I want to be known first and foremost for my work.

Many people when I started didn't believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that.

I don't know; I don't really look at pictures of me when I'm in public.

I clearly haven't made a good enough impression on people. My go-to line when it's the resume game is that I'm either Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds.

There's nothing I can control about how people see me as a person, but I can control how they think of me as an actor.

Most of the people I interact with on a daily basis don't even know what I do for a living, so the 'persona' thing doesn't amount to much.

I don't know what people think of me.

My reputation has increased, not just in Korea but across the continent.

I'm actually really proud of how I believe people perceive me in this industry. I worked really hard to be seen in a certain way. I think I get a lot of respect for what I usually do. I find that comedic world completely fulfilling and wonderful and they're all my best friends.

I thought Marilyn Monroe was the most beautiful woman in the world and Elizabeth Taylor breathtaking. But when I see myself on the screen I say: 'Oh shoot! What are they talking about?'

There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for.

I think that there are a lot of reasons to be insecure as an actress... But I don’t really have a perception issue. I’ve been pretty good about being who I am in the public’s eye.

Am I too fast, too facile? I do not know. I do not know myself sometimes, or how to measure and name and count out the grains that make me what I am.

Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.

When I hear myself, I don't know how I sound.